Review #1307: Rum #612 This rum comes from the Serrallés Distillery in Mercedita, Puerto Rico. This rum was distilled from molasses on a column still and aged in charred American Oak for 10 years before being bottled in 2009 with no additives. Distillery: Serrallés Bottler: Serrallés Region: Puerto Rico Still: Column ABV: 40% Nose: Vanilla, touch of black pepper, toasted […]
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/ Rum / By The Auditor Review 1306; Rum #611 This bottle of rum is the third release of Black Tot’s annual Master Blend Reserve, an ever evolving blend of rums sourced from various distilleries. This rum is distilled from molasses on various pot and column stills, has no additives and is not chill filtered in any way.
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/ Rum / By The Auditor Review #1305; Rum #610 Here in front of us we have Stade’s JAWS, a release from the West Indies Rum Distillery located on Barbados. This rum was distilled from molasses on the Vulcan pot still and was aged for 6 months before being bottled. It has an ester level between 600 and
Review #1303; Rum #608 Review #1304; Rum #609 Here we have a brand I’ve not had yet is know globally, Bacardi. The (in)famous giant in the rum world makes a massive amount of rum and that includes his, the Bacardi Ocho, a rum distilled from molasses on column stills that is aged for 1 years
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Review #1303; Rum #608 This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. Rum et al is a product from Robyn Smith, who runs This Blogs Neat and is also a chemical engineer and
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Review #1302; Rum #607 This bottling here is the so called last release of Velier Caroni from Luca. This molasses based rum was distilled from molasses on a column still and aged for 23 years before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. It was fully tropically aged, in Trinidad from 1996 to 2008
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As a rum fan living in America (though only a rum fan for a relatively short time), I have spent more than my fair share of time scrolling longingly through European liquor websites. Europe’s history with rum—the good and the bad—has led to a vast number of independent bottlers, providing a wide variety of releases
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Review #1301; Rum #606 Pete and Carwick are a group of independent bottlers who seek to bottle well made spirits. This is a blend of pot and column still rum from molasses distilled at the DDL distillery in Guyana. It is a blend of aged and unaged rums from DDL and thus has no age
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Review #1300; Rum #605 This rum was distilled from molasses on a pot still at the Hampden distillery in Jamaica. It was placed into what was likely an ex-bourbon cask and aged for 9 years, likely mostly in Europe, before being bottled at cask strength with no additives by compagnie de indes. Distillery: Hampden Estate
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Review #1299; Rum #604 This rhum comes from O Reizinho distillery located on Madeira. This rhum was distilled from fresh pressed cane juice and aged for 3 years in Madeira Wine casks before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. Distillery: O Reizinho Bottler: O Reizinho Region: Madeira Still: Column ABV: 62.6% Nose: Figs, Nutmeg, Gigner, Touch of Brine Palate:
